The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06


supply at home.
SWAN & SMITH, OF Chicago, are about
to build large sawmill at Ashland.
This firm recently purchased a block
OF pine timber tributary to that har-
Dor, some 12O,OO0,OO0 feet, which
will be brought to that city by rail
and manufactured.
THE Chippewa Lumber 4 Boom
Company shipped more lumber over
the Chicago, MllEaukee Il st. Paul
road during the month Cf May than
any one company has done during
thGt road s existence OF the 25 O00,-
600 feet Of lumber in hand last fall but
5000, 900 feet remain III the yards.
THE troweI used at the corner. stone
services for the Masonic temple at
North La Crosse was the identical one
used az ike CeremCLey IL PuIla-
delphia when the cornerstone OF the
magnificent and woridfamous temple
at that place was laid, thetrowel hav-
ing been presented to Frontier Lodge
by Brother William Lloyd, OF Phila-
delphia.
FRED HELENBRECHT, q teamster,
while driving q load of flour into the
OgdensbuTg Line warehouse, Mllwap-
kee, on the goth, had his back broken
and was otherwise badly injured by
being crushed between the top Of the
door and his load.
A GAS works company is being or
gauized TO furnish North La Crosse
with gas.
A LODGE OF the order OF Catholic
Knights has been esta lshed at La
Crosse.
Mrs. SToDDARD, wife OF the Rev. AIr.
Stoddard, North La Crosse clergy
man, is dead.
THE Norwegian Baptist Society. OF
North La Crosse, has commenced the
erection Of q new church building.
FOUR men paid fines at Madison
aggregating $91.75 for illegal fishing Ia
streams in the town OF Windsor,
Dane County.
THE barn OF Charles Bart, near Eau
Claire was struck by ljgbtnIng and
DESTROYED. A large quantity OF gram
was burned.
THE body OF a man supposed to
have been lost with the schooner Lu-
cerne last fall, has been found near
Ashland.
THE emancipation day celebration
planned to be held at La Crosse by
the colored people OF the Mississippi
Valley has been given up.
1T is expected that the Is Crosse
County insane asylum, in the course
Of erection at West Salem, will be COM
pleted by January l, next.
NORTH La Crosse Is gOsslping over
an elOpement, the daughter Of n. ,.
PHemberg having eluded parental vlgl-
lance and married man to whom her
father objected.
A COMMITTEE OF Eau Clare attor
neys has been appointed to consider
charges OF uuprofessiOnal conduct
brought against Attorney Opdale.
THE Roman Catholic bishops and
priests Of all the diOceses in Wisconsin
viii meet at the Jesults headquarters III
Prairie du Chen, August 24-23.
4 MAS giving his name as Peter SAN
berg passed forged check at La Crosse.
1t bore what purpOrted to be the sig
nature of Capt. p. ;. Davidson.
The body OF Albert KiehIing, about
50 wears OF age, was found IN theTlver
at Milwaukee on the 21th. 1t IS a
question whether the drowning was
accidental or suicidal.
THE La Crosse electric light plant Is
approaching completion. Nearly 2, 800
lights have been subscribed for.
WILLIE SINGER, Z years old, fellinto
the river at La Crosse, and drowned.
C.L. TOLLERs, OF Eau Claire, has q
clock, the history OF which can be del
initelv traced back to the year 1903.
The frame OF the clock Is neatly finish
ed, exhibiting some as fine wood cary
ing as could be produced at the pres
ent time.
A GANG OF burglars are operating in
Madison. The steaings have been
small. amounting in all to perhaps
$3.50.
A NUMBER OF cases Of diphtheria are
reported in North La Crosse.
MICHAEL FILA, who killed his
brother Thomas while under the IN
fuence OF liquor, at Independence,
Trempealeau County, on January l3,
1856, and lett the country on the fol
lowing day, was captured near MlntO,
OAK, and is now lodged In the county
jail at Whitehall.
THE sum Of $4,000 has been sub
scribed at Madison toward the S25,-
OOO necessary to build an Op9ra
house.
AN unknown man was killed by q
Burlington train at Grand Crossing,
near La Crosse, on the night OF the
25th. The unfortunate was terri by
mangled and only lived 10 e enough
TO say his name was Oscar. He was
about 80, respectfully dressed, and
had light moustache.
ALERT & KREKEL, boot and shoe
dealers doing business at Milwaukee,
have assigned to Henry ]. Klllilea,
who gave bonds in thesum OF $4,000
with John l.. Bartels AMI Henry +.
Honadel as sureties.
| MAYOR CONKLIS, OF Madison, has
| appointed q committee OF twenty five
/ prominent citizens for the purpose Of
soliciting funds n aid OF the erection
/ OF a hospital under the direction Oi
! the FRANCISCAN Sisters. The city some
/ time since donated lots and the sis
ters have now concluded TO erect
thereon a hospital worthy Of this gen
erOsity. The new building will cost
/ from S25, 900 TO $50, 900.
A YOUNG man Damed William
Schmidt committed suicide at nis
nome in Milwaukee on the 25oh By
/ shooting. insanity, caused by epilep
tic fits, wa the probable cause.
MALIGNANT diphtheria prevails a
! Madison IL quite an extent.
An ASH and FIRE destroyed thre,
dwellings, causing q Ioss Of 81, 600.
! CHARLES OLSON. Of Midway. had nj
pocket picked At La Crosse OF $3.50
/ TIE Ioss by the burning OF Lake
/ hotel. at Black River Falls was SO,
600.